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Code Switch: Archaeological skeletons in the closet
Episode 511
Today, we present a special episode from our colleagues at Code Switch, NPR's podcast about race and identity.
In a small suburb of Washington, D.C., a nondescript beige building houses thousands of …
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
An ode to the Pacific lamprey
Episode 510
Pacific lamprey may have lived on Earth for about 450 million years. When humans came along, a deep relationship formed between Pacific lamprey and Native American tribes across the western United St…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
A biodiesel boom (and conundrum)
Episode 509
There's a biodiesel boom happening! It's fueled by incentives and policies intended to cut greenhouse emissions, and is motivating some oil companies like World Energy in Paramount, California to con…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
COVID-19 boosters are here
Episode 508
The United States is on the verge of dramatically expanding the availability of COVID-19 vaccine boosters to shore up people's immune systems. As NPR health correspondent Rob Stein reports, the Food …
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
How do we make sense of the sounds around us?
Episode 507
Our colleagues at All Things Considered chatted with neuroscientist Nina Kraus about her new book Of Sound Mind. She shares how our brains process and create meaning from the sounds around us.
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
The Mighty Mangrove
Episode 506
Along certain coastlines near the equator, you can find a tree with superpowers. Mangroves provide a safe haven for a whole ecosystem of animals. They also fight climate change by storing tons of car…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
The mystery of the mummified Twinkie
Episode 505
A box of Twinkies, left alone for eight years, held some surprises for Colin Purrington. Upon having a sugar craving, combined with being "just so bored, with the pandemic," Purrington opened the box…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
White scholars can complicate research into health disparities
Episode 504
The COVID-19 has exposed longstanding and massive health disparities in the U.S., resulting in people of color dying at disproportionately higher rates than other races in this country. Today on the…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Cockroaches are cool!
Episode 503
Cockroaches - do they get a bad rap? Producer Thomas Lu teams up with self-proclaimed lesbian cockroach defender Perry Beasley-Hall to convince producer/guest host Rebecca Ramirez that indeed they a…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Bonobos and the Evolution of Nice
Episode 502
How did humans evolve some key cooperative behaviors like sharing? NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton reports back from a bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where scientists…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago